UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived on Friday in Damascus as he bids to secure a ceasefire in Syria’s 19-month conflict

UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived on Friday in Damascus as he bids to secure a ceasefire in Syria's 19-month conflict.

Brahimi was received at Damascus airport by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, and was scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Walid Moallem on Saturday.

Brahimi will also meet President Bashar al-Assad "very, very soon," spokesperson Ahmad Fawzi told AFP on Thursday.

The veteran Algerian diplomat has called for a ceasefire during the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha that begins October 26.

He arrived in Syria following a regional tour to countries that play influential roles in the crisis – Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan.

Brahimi said in Amman that if the ceasefire is implemented, “we can build on it and make it a real truce as well as the start of a political process that would help the Syrians solve their problems and rebuild their country.” But he also warned: "If the Syrian crisis continues, it will not remain inside Syria. It will affect the entire region."